PICK YOUR POISON, IGNORE YOUR PURPOSE

After he had taken her, he had noticed a change in her. She was quiet, silent actually as he spoke. All until he mentioned his ex mate. "What did she do?" He smiled softly at her. "It's a rather dark tale." He spoke quietly into her fur as he nestled into her, still on top of her but careful enough not to smother her.

"I fell in love with a woman, her fur was the color of snow and her eyes held the very essence of fire itself. Her wits were a bit dim, but she had taken me with her beauty." He chuckled softly. "I'm not one to settle down, but I wanted to for her. As my laws permit, as I was raised, I was challenged by a man who wanted her. Claimed he was her soulmate, but those ties fade. They always do. I fought, I fought for her and I fought against three foes. Her knight, the sister of the knight, and the soulmate of the sister. I won. That is how I got my fresh scars."

He sighed, shaking his head. "She did not like my kinds rule of thought, that those who win in combat become the owner of the woman at stake. She fought me on it, before eventually she gave in the night my whelps from her were made. She became my mate, as it was the smartest thing she could do. The man she had met that night and proclaimed her soulmate was weak, small, and horrid in combat. He couldn't protect her, let alone produce strong children like my daughter Skadi." He smiled at the thought of his prized daughter in pride. "I promised her a crown, and a title if she remained at my side."

"She birthed two other whelps, Nadia and Boiko. And when they could walk, she left with them. Skadi was always with me. But she took Nadia and Boiko with her, my own kin." He shook his head, looking to the trees. "When I took the throne, my children came back to me. Spewing about how their mother wanted to take Skadi with him, to which Skadi showed no remorse or delight. The then explained she was wounded, and hiding - And soon came in their mother. Limping, wounded. Saved my new recruits from sniffing her out, under my law her leave was treason and she would have had a bounty. She's currently in my prison I made myself, I pupped her again not too long ago. She should pop in a few days, and then . . . Then I'll keep her around for my soldiers to use when they're bored." He looked back to her once more. "This is our way. This is Dane law. If you stay, and if you bare my children they will be honored with ranks - As will you. I can do more for you than Bastian ever would."

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